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Young Economist of the Year 2024
sponsored by KPMG UK AND FT SCHOOLS

We were overwhelmed by the quantity and quality of the submissions this year. With over 2,700 students getting involved in the competition, it was our biggest year to date! We had many fantastic entries, and it took us weeks to carefully examine them all and select our worthy finalists and commended entries.

Five entries have been selected as finalists, and will move ahead to the final, to be held at the KPMG offices in Canary Wharf in October. Furthermore, the finalists have been offered the amazing opportunity to tour HM Treasury and Number 10 and 11 Downing Street! Keep an eye on our newsletter and social media for more info and updates on these amazing events.

 

Please see below for our finalists, as well as the 20 'commended' submissions that particularly impressed our panel of experts. Furthermore, we are delighted to announce the winner of our first ever "Welsh Award", in partnership with the Welsh government. Thank you for your submissions - we hope to see you again next year! For information on our 2025 competition, sign up for our newsletter here.

Finalists

Name
School
Topic
Eden Sung
Sir William Perkins' School
Do you think the government should subsidise the purchase of electric cars?
Grace Sachdeva, Nicole Chen, and Manya Gupta
Sheffield High School
What are the economic arguments for and against a one off cost of living payment for all individuals?
Finn Regan and Sam Binnington
St George's School
What long term changes to the labour market might be expected post pandemic?
Harriet Turnbull, Medha Kumar, and Neha Sathishkanna
Tiffin Girls' School
What is the economic impact of the growing gig economy?
Shayaan Al-Asmi
The Sixth Form Bolton
Should the government tax goods that are unhealthy?

Commended

Name
School
Topic
Ruby Mason, Fearn Wheatley
Richmond Sixth Form
Should the government tax goods that are unhealthy?
Rayan Amin
Sutton Coldfield College
Should the government tax goods that are unhealthy?
Christine Akintolu
St. Olave's Grammar School
Should the government tax goods that are unhealthy?
Sienna Fill
Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College
Should the government tax goods that are unhealthy?
Yash Kedia, Adithya Raghuraman, Aryan Kheterpal, Amogh Pai, Sasen Kankanamge Don
Queen Elizabeth's School
What is the economic impact of the growing gig economy?
Shabiha Mukilan, Jamoi Williams, Sophie Howells, Daniela Dixon, Yasmin Koen
Westminster City School/Emanuel School
What is the economic impact of the growing gig economy?
Leandra Gyekye, Charlotte Miller, Iziah Duck
Highams Park School
What is the economic impact of the growing gig economy?
Chang Kit, Guy Manley, Garrick Soon
Harrow School
What is the economic impact of the growing gig economy?
Megan Worthington, Emma Charlesworth, Kelly Luo, John Anderson
The Abbey School/The Piggott School
Do you think the government should subsidise the purchase of electric cars?
Hannah Anderson, Samuel Gardner, Leonardo Ferrer-Coe, Syed Beveney
Chestnut Grove Academy
Do you think the government should subsidise the purchase of electric cars?
Guy Wallis
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School
Do you think the government should subsidise the purchase of electric cars?
Emma Baptista
Portadown College
Do you think the government should subsidise the purchase of electric cars?
Daniel Abadi, Thomas Jessup, Ayden Salajee, Kritvi Kalani, Mahiee Maitreya
Brighton College
What long term changes to the labour market might be expected post pandemic?
Lorena Saravanapavananthasivam
Bancroft's School
What long term changes to the labour market might be expected post pandemic?
Reema Hindocha
King Edward VI Grammar School
What long term changes to the labour market might be expected post pandemic?
Sampanna Raut, Shayden Sam, Henry (Wang) Ng
Winchester College / King Edward VI Camp Hill School
What long term changes to the labour market might be expected post pandemic?
Matthew Hodgson, Stefan Kowalczyk, Ralph Dennis, Josh Chhatralia, Leo Stefanovski
Wallington County Grammar School
What are the economic arguments for and against a one off cost of living payment for all individuals?
Daniel Jones
Thomas Telford School
What are the economic arguments for and against a one off cost of living payment for all individuals?
Matthew McLachlan
Millfield School
What are the economic arguments for and against a one off cost of living payment for all individuals?
Anushka Mukherjee
The Henrietta Barnett School
What are the economic arguments for and against a one off cost of living payment for all individuals?

Welsh Award

This year, we were delighted to partner with the Welsh government to offer our first ever "Welsh Award", recognising a particularly brilliant entry from a student from Wales.

The first recipient of this prestigious award is Kate Mingo from Fitzalan High School in Cardiff, and she will be offered the opportunity to tour the Welsh Treasury in recognition of her excellent work.

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